Overlay text on video with MLT

Question

My question is similar to Adding text to videos using MLT Framework but I am using a different command.

My command is:

melt SampleVideo_1280x720_5mb.mp4 -attach watermark:title.txt producer.bgcolor=transparent in=50 out=500

This produces the text in title.txt overlaid on top of the original clip, but in a box with a black background.

melt -query filters

shows that I have the dynatext filter installed, but not pango.

How can I achieve my desired effect with the dynatext filter instead?

Answer 1

melt SampleVideo_1280x720_5mb.mp4 -attach dynamictext:"Some text I want to show" bgcolour=0x00000000 in=50 out=100

Notes:

• dynamictext can not read text from a file like watermark can
• dynamictext requires pango or qtext producers to be installed